Introductory text

FOOD

Made 19th October 1992

Laid before Parliament 26th October 1992

Coming into force 16th November 1992

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Health, and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly in relation to England and Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 4(1), 16(1) and (3) and 48(1) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to, the Food Safety Act 1990^f1, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf; the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, being Ministers designated^f2 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^f3 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Economic Community, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the said section 2(2); after consultation in accordance with section 48(4) of the Food Safety Act 1990 with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the Regulations (in so far as the Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by that Act); hereby make the following Regulations:—